Ep. 539 Assessing Hayek's Road to Serfdom

In a recent episode of the Provoked podcast, hosts Scott Horton and Darryl Cooper went at it. Adam Haman returns to help Bob referee the brawl.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.The Provoked episode featuring the Horton-Cooper brawl.Bob's lecture on Private Law. Bob's pamphlet Chaos Theory (on private law and defense).The prior BMS ep 519 on Darryl's labor union history.The HamanNature substack.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob continues his gospel commentary, this time covering John 4: 1-26. This is the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The previous episode in this series, i.e. BMS ep 497, Installment 12: Men Loved Darkness.RC Sproul on Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to share a video from X, which purports to break down Hayek's arguments so that even a 10-year-old would get them. Bob praises and critiques the video's rhetorical approach.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.Bob on Hayek's knowledge problem vs. Mises' calculation problem.The HamanNature substack.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns, to help Bob dissect an annoying "Star Talk" episode on our alleged lack of free will.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.The original "Star Talk" episode.The HamanNature substack.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to ask Bob about this year's economics Nobel (Memorial Award) laureates.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.Tabarrok on Woodford. Nunes on Woodford.The HamanNature substack.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bretigne is a former libertarian journalist who is now devoted to children's fiction. She joins Bob to discuss her latest work, "Elixir of Fear." They also discuss Bretigne's history as a journalist in Hong Kong.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.Bretigne Shaffer's substack. The link for Elixir of Fear.BMS ep 75 featuring Bretigne on California's mandatory vaccinations.The link for Bob's children's book, The Three Lads and the Lizard King.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman breaks the long hiatus to help Bob break down Trump's recent statements on interest rates (and trade deficits).Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.Bob explains connection between current account deficit and capital account surplus.This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Bros.The HamanNature substack.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Dan McCarthy is editor of Modern Age. He joins Bob to discuss his provocative piece in The Spectator.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.Dan's article in The Spectator.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob dissect Neil deGrasse Tyson's recent complaints about the lack of government funding for science.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.Neil deGrasse Tyson laments science funding.The Bell Labs paper that laid out the Kelly criterion. Kealey's case against public funding of science. The myth of basic science. Bundt & Murphy test Mandelbrot's hypothesis for residual economic variables.This episode’s sponsor, The Scott Horton Academy.The HamanNature substack.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Economist David Beckworth joins Bob to analyze a recent debate on Calvinism between Dinesh D'Souza and Guillaume Bignon, hosted on the Gospel Truth podcast. Both David and Bob approach the issue as Molinists.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.The Bignon-D'Souza debate on Calvinism.David Beckworth's substack. His podcast Macro Musings.Bob lays out his framework of reconciling natural laws with free will and God's sovereignty.William Lane Craig's The Only Wise God. Kenneth Keately's Salvation and Sovereignty. Kirk MacGregor Luis de Molina.Bob's debate with David on ZeroHedge on the Fed.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.